Holders Challengers made a huge statement of intent by comfortably defeating star-studded Tornado B by 70 runs in a crunch National Twenty20 Cricket League tie at the lakeside oval in Entebbe on Sunday afternoon.
“We didn’t think it was going to come this easy,” Challengers’ skipper Mohammed Aneef told Daily Monitor soon after the one-sided show. The victory not only extended Challengers’ T20 unbeaten streak to seven matches this season but also to 13 since last season’s competition in March 2014. Challengers were reeling at 28-2 after 4.5 overs but opener Arthur Kyobe repaired the innings with an unbeaten powerful knock of 96.
The left-hander’s exhibition of controlled aggression comprised eight boundaries and four sixes. 
“I did everything right so it’s not my fault,” a delighted Kyobe said when asked whether he didn’t rue missing out on a ton by four runs.
To highlight his intensity in the 69-ball knock, Kyobe scored 12 runs off left-armer Charles Waiswa’s third over and pummeled another 18 off the paceman’s final over as Challengers set 144 for 6. 
And once Aneef (3/15) bowled opener Roger Mukasa for a golden duck, it was all over for Tornado B.

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